Opedia is an open source database service to integrate, visualize, and analyze ocean datasets such as satellite data, in-situ observations, and model outputs. The project is supported by Simons Foundation.

• Anaconda Distribution Pyhton 2.7
• Make sure python is in system path.
• Additional python modules:
  • pyodbc
  • dropbox
  • geopandas

1. Set up database drivers (only required on macOS).
   install homebrew; a package manager for macOS.
   ODBC driver provides the connection to the Opedia database.

   $ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
   $ brew install unixodbc
   $ brew install freetds --with-unixodbc
   

2. Install Anaconda Distribution Python 2.7.
   Make sure python is added to the system path. Anaconda distribution covers the majority of python modules used by Opedia. There are a few more required modules; run the following commands to install them.

   $ conda update --all
   $ conda install pyodbc
   $ conda install dropbox
   $ conda install -c conda-forge geopandas